עַזּוּרʻAzzûwr

Azzur, the name of three Israelites

Pronunciation: az-zoor' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5809

Meanings

1. father of Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1)

2. עַזֻּר (Ezekiel 11:1)

3. a chief of people (Nehemiah 10:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 10:17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
  • Jeremiah 28:1 One day in late summer of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,
  • Ezekiel 11:1 Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the east gateway of the Lord’s Temple, where I saw twenty-five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).